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3) Next stop
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Still grieving her brother's death, Pia, a soft-spoken middle-schooler, embarks on a bus tour that changes her life.
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El duelo nos acompaña durante toda la vida. En el proceso de madurar, dejamos atrás creencias y comportamientos. Perdemos posesiones y nos vemos obligados a abandonar ideas acerca de nosotros mismos. Y sí, también tenemos que despedirnos de amigos, compañeros de vida y amados miembros de la familia. ¿Cómo afrontar el dolor de la pérdida sin perdernos a nosotros mismos? Planteado al modo de un taller en cinco sesiones, El camino del...
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Ser vivo, ¿acaso los duelos, las pérdidas y las decepciones no afectan a todos de cerca o de lejos? Para mí, el fallecimiento de mi esposa Sylvie creó la apertura a ser vivo y, en última instancia, por primera vez desde mi nacimiento, a amar la vida. Estoy profundamente conmovido y emocionado de que este libro sea un regalo precioso para todos los miembros de la familia. ¿Se enseña a los niños y a los jóvenes adultos en transición de vida...
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Muchas de las personas que hemos tenido que enfrentar una pérdida de salud, nos hacemos esta pregunta: ¿Por qué a mí? En diversas ocasiones la respuesta más exacta puede ser la más triste y lastimera, y es que simplemente no hay una contestación a lo ocurrido, por lo cual uno debe de emprender un laborioso recorrido que le permita llegar hasta la aceptación.¿Por qué a mí? es un libro deja ver que, aunque no exista una respuesta, sí hay...
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Life is full of love, but it is also full of loss. Like paper cuts to the heart, every big and seemingly insignificant loss-the loss of friendships, faith, dreams, health, community, and everything in between-grieves us more than we think it will, and often more than we let on. Why? Because they matter.
In this compassionate and deeply personal book, Rachel Marie Kang invites you to see and be seen in the midst of your sorrow, your suffering-your...
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Nadie nace preparado para morir y muy pocas son las personas que finalmente realizan una adecuada preparación. Somos una sociedad que vive de espaldas a la muerte por puro terror. Rehuimos hablar de ella, nos prohibimos reflexionar sobre ella y negamos por sistema su existencia, por si, de esta manera, logramos evitarla.
Asumámoslo, nacemos, crecemos, asistimos a un sinfín de sitios por compromiso a los que no queremos ir, algunos insensatos nos...
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The death of a child immerses parents into a life-long challenge of living with one of life's most heartbreaking losses. Pilgrimage through Loss tells the story of one family's journey, along with interviews from thirty other mothers and fathers who add their voices to the silences that often surround suffering in our 'mourning-avoidant' culture. Hunt illuminates the varied pathways parents eventually discover that open their lives to strength and...
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A Life Complete explains how the choices we make in midlife can become distilled and irreversible by the time we reach our last years. Having worked intimately and rewardingly with countless people in the last years of their lives, psychological counselor and ordained minister Sallirae Henderson offers a practical plan for healing in middle age so we can avoid elderly regret, unexpressed grief, and unresolved spiritual issues before it's too late....
12) Grieving The Loss Of Your Baby: Coping With The Devastation Shock And Heartbreak Of Losing A Chil
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Grieving The Loss Of Your BabyCoping With Devastation Shock And Heartbreak Of Losing A Child Through Miscarriage, Still Birth When the joy of your child's birth shockingly escalates into the grief of miscarriage or stillbirth, perhaps early infant death, there are not enough words that can soothe the pain and loss.You feel sad, shocked, and devastated?But there is still hope for the future and with God's comfort.Grieving the loss of your baby is never...
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"Cuando Louise se enterade que sus padres han muerto, teme volver a casa. No quiere dejar a su pequeña con su ex y volar a Charleston. No quiere enfrentarse a la residencia donde se amontonan los restos de la vida académica de su padre y de la constante obsesión de su madre por los títeres y los muñecos. No quiere aprender a vivir sin las dos personas que mejor la han conocido y más la han querido del mundo entero. Sobre todo, no quiere...
14) Remembering
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"On Día de los Muertos, a family prepares an ofrenda for their favorite furry family member, remembering all the ways that their beloved pet brought love and comfort to their lives"--
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New York Times and international bestselling mystery author Clare Mackintosh makes her nonfiction debut with this deeply felt memoir of unfathomable loss, and infinite hope.
"Grief has run through my life like thread through fabric; at times gossamer-thin and barely there, other times weaving thick, clumsy darns across the rips. In my grief I am a mother, a child, a sister, a wife, a woman, a friend. I am also a writer."
When Clare Mackintosh...
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Grief is a natural response to loss. It might be the loss of a loved one, relationship, pregnancy, pet, job, or way of life. Other experiences of loss may be due to children leaving home, infertility, and separation from friends and family. The more significant the loss, the more intense the grief is likely to be.Grief is expressed in many ways. It can affect every part of your life; your emotions, thoughts and behavior, beliefs, physical health,...
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It will happen one day; your family will have an older loved one like a grandfather or grandmother that suddenly passes away. Then after time has gone by, you'll discover that when the younger generations of your family start asking questions about the life and times of those past cherished relatives, you and rest of your family members won't have the answers to questions like:
Where did my grandfather propose to my grandmother?
What was life like...
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PTSD is now a well known malady, generally brought about by experiencing a traumatic event or events. During the time of the Vietnam war, this phenomenon was poorly understood, and often misinterpreted. As a result, many of the soldiers who suffered from this were often classed as malingerers, cowards, or once back in civilian life, were treated as if they were simply mentally ill, crazy. Mental illness was still stigmatized in those days, so that...
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After losing a loved one, "pay attention to the ways in which your relationship continues."
So advised Sarah Horowitz in an interview she gave the day before her unexpected death. In A Cracking of the Heart, David Horowitz explores the legacy of his extraordinary daughter's short life, and narrates his quest for a deeper understanding of the child he lost. A remarkable woman and gifted writer, Sarah was afflicted with a birth condition that, while...
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By exploring the ethics of resisting and accepting death from a Christian perspective, Nancy Duff encourages Christians to talk about death in the context of Christian faith. Making Faithful Decisions at the End of Life helps readers use biblical and theological perspectives regarding death to inform end-of-life decisions, consider where they stand on withdrawing life support and supporting death with dignity laws, and take steps in planning for their...
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